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The 132nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot was a Scottish infantry regiment of the British Army, created in 1794 and disbanded in 1796. The regiment was raised by Duncan Cameron of Cullart, and did not see any active service; it served solely to recruit soldiers. On disbandment, the recruits were drafted into the Black Watch.
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Dillon's Regiment was first raised in Ireland in 1688 by Theobald, 7th Viscount Dillon, for the Jacobite side in the Williamite War. He was then killed at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691.
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The 101st Regiment of Foot was a regiment in the British Army raised in 1805 and disbanded in 1817. It was the last unit in the British Army to be raised through a contract with an individual.
The 85th Regiment of Foot was a short-lived British Army regiment during the Seven Years' War. It was recruited at Shrewsbury in 1759 as the first full regiment of light infantry in the British Army and originally intended for service in the North American campaign.
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- ↑ "135th (Limerick) Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007.